"The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy. The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works."
Psalm 145:8-9
The only thing you have ever deserved in this life is condemnation… The sooner you grasp this, the sooner you can open the door to experiencing God’s love and desires for your life… The Bible records in Paul’s letter to the church of Ephesus in the second chapter the foundation by which we have life and success, in this passage, Paul proclaims, “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God.” No matter what you do on this earth, no matter how much you try to live peacefully in this life, you can only be saved and find your name in the Book of Life by the grace of God… Understand that Grace is something that you cannot obtain nor do you deserve… The grace that Jesus bestowed from the cross allowed Him to look beyond the ugly makeup that we presented before Him and fulfill our needs, which was the payment of sin’s ransom… Today, you are only here because of God’s grace and mercy…
There are so many people today who act as if they never knew sin, they act as if God didn’t die for them because in their minds they are perfect; however, it is in the passage taken from the 145th Psalm that we find the love of God abounding beyond our valueless thoughts and silhouettes… “The Lord is gracious and full of compassion…” You didn’t deserve to wake up this morning, you didn’t deserve to sleep peacefully last night; however, the compassion of God moved on your behalf and despite how ugly your life may be, He still loves you and can’t just turn His back on you… This is why the Psalmist goes on to say that the Lord is “slow to anger…” If God really showed the full extent of His anger toward us, we would be wiped from the face of the earth… See oftentimes we confuse discipline with anger… Anger is a fury, rage, or resentment; God distills His anger and continues to discipline us which means that He desires to redirect our paths instead of annihilating us from the face of the earth… God chooses discipline over anger. He doesn't resent us, to the contrary, he guides us and continues to pour into our lives with the hopes that we will ascend to the heights he defined for us. This at its core is what compassion looks like and why it is defined by God...
ALL FOR HIS GLORY!
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